For two large insurance companies payment for the new heart failure drug Entresto will be linked to its health benefits. Both Cigna and Aetna have confirmed that they have reached a pay-for-performance deal with the drug’s manufacturer, Novartis. According to a press release issued by Cigna, “the pay-for-performance agreement ties the financial terms to how…
Cholesterol Wars: The Reimbursement Battle Begins
August 28, 2015 by 1 Comment
(Updated) The next stage of the cholesterol wars has officially started. With the recent approval of Repatha (evolocumab, Amgen) and Praluent (alirocumab, Sanofi and Regeneron) the big immediate question everybody wanted answered was how the battle to pay for these expensive drugs (the wholesale acquisition cost is more than $14,000/year for both drugs) would shape…
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